{"id":18182,"date":"2026-07-20T09:35:45","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T07:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/badgemaker.info\/?post_type=news&#038;p=18182"},"modified":"2026-07-20T09:35:45","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T07:35:45","slug":"release-badgemaker-2-12-available-now","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/badgemaker.info\/en\/news\/release-badgemaker-2-12-available-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Release BadgeMaker 2.12 available now"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column]\r\n\t<div class=\"startflow-spacer clearfix\" data-desktop=\"20\" data-mobi=\"20\" data-smobi=\"20\"><\/div><div class=\"startflow-simple-image text-center\" style=\"\" >\r\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/badgemaker.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/BadgeMaker-Release-2.12-v3.jpg\" \/> \r\n\t\t<\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]\r\n\t<div class=\"startflow-spacer clearfix\" data-desktop=\"20\" data-mobi=\"20\" data-smobi=\"20\"><\/div>[vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]\n<p data-start=\"490\" data-end=\"620\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"><strong data-start=\"490\" data-end=\"620\">The latest BadgeMaker release expands printer and encoding support while improving performance, compatibility and reliability.<br \/>\n<\/strong><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"><\/span><strong>BadgeMaker 2.12 is now available. This release introduces support for additional card printers, a label printer, new smart card encoding options and several improvements to existing printing, database and encoding workflows.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h6 data-section-id=\"jrhomg\" data-start=\"841\" data-end=\"869\">Expanded printer support<\/h6>\n<p data-start=\"871\" data-end=\"1000\">BadgeMaker 2.12 adds support for the IDP Smart-81 card printer and introduces SLE encoding support for the IDP SOLID-510.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1002\" data-end=\"1234\">The release also adds support for printing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cardsupply.nl\/en\/shop\/label-printers\/epson\/epson-c4000e-kleur-labelprinter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong data-start=\"1045\" data-end=\"1097\">foldable labels with the Epson ColorWorks C4000e<\/strong><\/a>. This makes it possible to design and print the front and back of foldable event badge labels (Expobadge labels).<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1236\" data-end=\"1297\">Printing reliability and performance have also been improved:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1299\" data-end=\"1552\">\n<li data-section-id=\"qd6w75\" data-start=\"1299\" data-end=\"1375\">Faster printing for Zebra printers when no encoding is required<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"16qsu2a\" data-start=\"1376\" data-end=\"1437\">Improved print-job status checking for the Magicard Rio Pro<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"1ah0211\" data-start=\"1438\" data-end=\"1494\">Corrected 600-dpi printing with the Zebra ZXP Series 9<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"pz7f8\" data-start=\"1495\" data-end=\"1552\">Restored required components for Dascom printer support<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6 data-section-id=\"4nawi7\" data-start=\"1554\" data-end=\"1583\">New encoding capabilities<\/h6>\n<p data-start=\"1585\" data-end=\"1641\">BadgeMaker 2.12 introduces several new encoding options:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1643\" data-end=\"1849\">\n<li data-section-id=\"sw0wvk\" data-start=\"1643\" data-end=\"1700\">Support for NTag encoding using Elatec TWN4 readers<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"sicu69\" data-start=\"1701\" data-end=\"1734\">Support for NDEF TLV blocks<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"1wvtop\" data-start=\"1735\" data-end=\"1784\">SLE encoding support for IDP SOLID-510 printers<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"1mjeoa7\" data-start=\"1785\" data-end=\"1849\">An additional error-handling setting for dynamic data encoding<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1851\" data-end=\"2032\">The firmware version check for Elatec TWN4 readers has also been improved, and an issue affecting the detection of certain single-slot Omnikey contactless readers has been resolved.<\/p>\n<h6 data-section-id=\"ejkdtw\" data-start=\"2034\" data-end=\"2061\">Additional improvements<\/h6>\n<p data-start=\"2063\" data-end=\"2143\">Several reliability and compatibility improvements are included in this release:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"2145\" data-end=\"2540\">\n<li data-section-id=\"6j8pb4\" data-start=\"2145\" data-end=\"2258\">Interleaved 2 of 5 barcodes now automatically receive a leading zero when an uneven number of digits is entered<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"1at2tum\" data-start=\"2259\" data-end=\"2305\">Improvements to Oracle database connectivity<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"1706vbq\" data-start=\"2306\" data-end=\"2399\">Improved compatibility with Microsoft Access databases and the Microsoft Office 365 Runtime<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"9v7szo\" data-start=\"2400\" data-end=\"2487\">Prevention of duplicate record IDs in external tables without a uniqueness constraint<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"1jtgkvb\" data-start=\"2488\" data-end=\"2540\">Correct loading of bitfield content from CCI files<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6 data-section-id=\"1ffs4di\" data-start=\"2794\" data-end=\"2823\">Update to BadgeMaker 2.12<\/h6>\n<p data-start=\"2825\" data-end=\"2961\">We recommend updating to BadgeMaker 2.12 to benefit from the latest printer support, encoding capabilities and reliability improvements.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text]\r\n\t<div class=\"startflow-spacer clearfix\" data-desktop=\"20\" data-mobi=\"20\" data-smobi=\"20\"><\/div><div class=\"button-wrap icon-right has-icon\" style=\"\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/badgemaker.info\/en\/downloads\/#downloads\" target=\"_self\" class=\"startflow-button btn-403149382 medium custom custom custom outline solid custom\" style=\"padding:15px 25px 15px 25px;font-weight:600;border-radius:5px;border-width:2px;\"  data-background=\"#00A0DE\" data-text=\"#FFFFFF\" data-border=\"#00A0DE\" data-text-hover=\"#00A0DE\" data-background-hover=\"#FFFFFF\" data-border-hover=\"#00A0DE\" data-icon-hover=\"#00A0DE\" data-icon=\"#FFFFFF\">\r\n\t\t<span style=\"padding-right:40px;\">Download BadgeMaker 2.12 <span class=\"icon\" style=\"font-size:24px;top:3px;\"><i class=\"elegant-arrow_right\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>\r\n\t<\/a><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator style=&#8221;dashed&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1671092961311{padding-top: 40px !important;padding-bottom: 40px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]\n<h6><span><strong>BADGEMAKER RELEASE NOTES VERSION 2.12:<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Features<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-start=\"1026\" data-end=\"1082\">Added a card size preset for ExpoBadge 260 labels in BadgeMaker Design.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1026\" data-end=\"1082\">Added SLE encoding support for IDP Solid 510 printers.Added support for printing foldable labels with Epson ColorWorks C4000e label printers.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1026\" data-end=\"1082\">Added support for NDEF TLV blocks.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1026\" data-end=\"1082\">Added an extra error handling setting for dynamic data encoding.<\/li>\n<li>Added support for IDP Smart-81 printers.<\/li>\n<li>Added support for NTag encoding with Elatec TWN4 card readers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#x1f539;<strong> Improvements in 2.12<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Improved Interleaved 2of5 barcodes: a 0 is now automatically prepended if the number of digits is uneven in BadgeMaker Design.<\/li>\n<li>Improved Elatec TWN4 firmware version check.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1562\" data-end=\"1594\">&#x1f539;<strong> Improvements in 2.11.23<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-start=\"1597\" data-end=\"1675\">Improved reliability of print job status checking for Magicard Rio Pro printers.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1597\" data-end=\"1675\">Fixed that some files required for Dascom printing were missing.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1597\" data-end=\"1675\">Fixed that certain single-slot Omnikey card readers were no longer detected as contactless readers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1837\" data-end=\"1869\"><strong>&#x1f539; 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